Timer cover



R. J. SGHOESSOVV March 9 1926.

TIMER COVER Filed April 25, 1925 1 i-drawings.

' ,more' particularly toa timer cover for that I itri's :subjectto; theaaion;or water-and oil."-

' moved ,rhereaaem Patented Mar. 9,

. mzzywaae m 655mm,! Be 'tknown; that 'l ltionxm) at; Embden tinj thecounty of Cass andc State and usefulglmprovements in Timer Covers,

reference; being bad to thei accompanying Thisjiinvention relatesItotimer covers {and type oiengine wherein {the timer is located at theforward. end Ofithe baseofthe engine r immediately in thereafloftheradiator and .atr a point low down-:upenthe engine gwh'ere Animportant objectof. the invention is to provide a Zdey-iice: of 7 thischaracter which .notonly efiectuallyiprevents water and oil from"reaching' ,the timer but which likewise seryesfitdfsupportthead'jacent' portions of thetimer wiresso thattheydo not come into"contact"; with colle'cted;dirtaandv grease which tends todeterioratethesame. a

s ,very :readily applied to the engine or res .,-duced at a ery lowcost. y These and other DbjGGt-Silzattflin by-the construction shown inrthe accompanying drawingsywherein :for the .gpurpose ofillustration-issho-wn apreferred. embodiment of my invention and*where1n13111161 cover constructed 111. accordance with my rinventiorr appliedto the timer of a --Vehicl'e; U f Figure'Q is ahorizontalasectional View-tl'1erethrough; 3;, v V Figure f3 is a rear perspectivev-.co-ver-remoye'd;"and I I a p Figure 4 is a detailedsectional viewtaken fthroughfth'e end of the timer-covershowing t the mannereofapplying the closurefplate 27. vReferring now more particularly to the=drawings,2'the.t-imer cover comprises an outer plate 10 having a mainportion 11 substanbe:positioned-over "theiftimer "and an extension '12,onejfaceof which is tangential to the circular portion 11. v Thecircular por ot Northr-Dakota,;have invented certain-new A .stillfurther @object "of the inyention 'to provide;afdeviceiof thischaracter} which and which may; be 1 pro- M Figure l jisJa frontelevation r the timer:

"tially circular in form whichis adapted to p r, 1,576,368 {P NT- :QEFCE? tronnnngr sononssow, or nmisnnn, Near DAKOTA.

' "TIMER oovER.

lamilication flledzApril 25, 1925. a Serial No. 25,877. v

-' and its extension .12, a flange isproyided, in ;-g

Y v dicated at. 13. That portion of the flange sow; taciti e i of theUnited States-re g r 13 corresponding to thejunction o fthe upper edgeof the section 12 with the circular .pose presently to-appear. e v.

portion-l1 is notched, as at ll, for a pur- 1 At the opposite side. ofpertion 11 tromthe extensionlQandat-what Aisrthe upper portion oftheflange 13-when theic'over isin applied "position,

a second inotchlois formed-vinzthis flange. notch,"the; flan1geisprovidedr withaan ext on 1 we v e nsio a: ve i 1 3 8 ex nds QW ,wardlyat the front ofcthenotch'. The ex ying the notch and iromfthis 1 tension16-and wall 18 g'combinegtoj form a;

hood protecting against the entry of water at the notch 15. The uppersurtace of the ,flange 123 between the extremity: of :e the extensionlGand the adjacent edge o-t the notch 14- has secured thereto. aflfelt;strip 19 which? may beheld in position in any desiredmanner. thepresentillustration; this felt strip. is held in position-byanappliedmetallic strip 2Q secured in positionby split rivets 21.;;Theedge-ofthis felt strip, indicated 9 7 at 2:2, projects beyond theedgeof theflange 113 for a purposepresently to appear. 1

Inthe type- 0f engine to which this, device is to be employed, the timerkey is, located" against the .front face of thetiming gear "cover C.-This timing gear cover is secured v ;to tl1e engine.base by bolts,certain of which .1 arranged at the lower end ofgthejcover and,lindicated at B are in approximate alignment. In the construction ofthe disk '11,

this. is made of such size that the bolts are p barely clearedand thestraightface of the Ifiange 13 between the disk and extension will comeimmediately above these bolts .timer is shifted by a rod R-to controlthe timingof the engine. Alsoz'in this type of engine, the timer coverembodies what is known as a breather pipe P-towhich is atwhen thecover'is in applied position, The

tachedan arm A, the end of which: extends;

engagement in, a depresover the timer for sion formed centrally thereonUntil this.

arm is in position, there'is nothing whatever .to hold the timer initsposition against the face of the cover and I have accordingly formedin the disk 11 an opening 23 through which a finger may be inserted forengagement with the timer to hold it in position.

while the coveris being properly positioned. r A swinging cover 24 isprovided for this

